.TH EPSTOPDF 1 "30 November 2009"
.\" $Id: epstopdf.1 16245 2009-11-30 01:37:26Z karl $
.\" man page originally by Jim Van Zandt
.SH NAME
epstopdf, repstopdf \- convert an EPS file to PDF
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBepstopdf\fP [\fIoptions\fP] [\fIepsfile\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBepstopdf\fP transforms the Encapsulated PostScript file \fIepsfile\fP
(or standard input) so that it is guaranteed to start at the 0,0
coordinate, and it sets a page size exactly corresponding to the
BoundingBox.  This means that when Ghostscript renders it, the result
needs no cropping, and the PDF MediaBox is correct.  By default, the
result is piped to Ghostscript and a PDF version written.
.P
If the bounding box is not right, of course, there are problems.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB--outfile\fP=\fIfile\fP"
write result to \fIfile\fP; the default is to construct the output file
name by replacing any extension in the input file with \fI.pdf\fP.  If
\fB--nogs\fP or \fB--filter\fP is specified, write to standard output.
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBcompress\fP"
use compression (default: on).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBdebug\fP"
write debugging info (default: off).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBembed\fP"
embed fonts (default: on).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBexact\fP"
scan ExactBoundingBox (default: off).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBfilter\fP"
read standard input (default: off).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBgs\fP"
run ghostscript (default: on).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBhires\fP"
scan HiresBoundingBox (default: off).
.IP "\fB--gscmd\fP=\fIval\fP"
pipe output to \fIval\fP (default: [\fBgswin32c\fP on Windows, else \fBgs\fP])
.IP "\fB--res\fP=\fIdpi\fP"
set image resolution (default: [use gs default])
.IP "\fB--autorotate\fP=\fIval\fP"
set AutoRotatePages (default: None); recognized \fIval\fP choices:
None, All, PageByPage.  For EPS files, PageByPage is equivalent to All.
.IP "\fB--restricted\fP=\fIval\fP"
turn on restricted mode (default: [on for resptopdf, else off]);
this restricts the values accepted by \fB--gscmd\fP and impose restrictions
on the output file name similar to web2c's openout_any=p.
.IP "\fB--help\fP
display help message and exit
.IP "\fB--version\fP
display version information and exit
.SH EXAMPLES
Examples for producing "test.pdf":
.nf
epstopdf test.eps
produce postscript | epstopdf --filter >test.pdf
produce postscript | epstopdf -f -d -o=test.pdf

.fi
Example: look for HiresBoundingBox and produce corrected PostScript:
.nf
epstopdf -d --nogs --hires test.ps >testcorr.ps 
.fi
.SH BUGS
The case of "%%BoundingBox: (atend)"
when input is not seekable (e.g., from a pipe) is not supported.
.PP
When reporting bugs, please include an input file and command line
options so the problem can be reproduced.  Report bugs in
the program or this man page to tex-k@tug.org.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBgs\fP(1),
\fBpdfcrop\fP(1).
.SH AUTHOR
The script was originally written by Sebastian Rahtz, for Elsevier
Science, with subsequent contributions from Gerben Wierda and many
others.  Currently maintained by Karl Berry.
.PP
Man page originally written by Jim Van Zandt.
.PP
epstopdf home page: http://tug.org/epstopdf/
.PP
You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file.
